Antarctic research projects canceled after federal shutdown

October 2013 - U.S. Antarctic. The casualty list from the government shutdown earlier this month continues to grow for U.S. Antarctic science.

On the kill list so far: the $10-million WISSARD drilling project, the first to discover microscopic life in a buried Antarctic lake.

One particular project focused on providing key information on ice sheet stability, but the drilling equipment will now be left under Lake Whillans.

Here an image of the drill set up at the WISSARD test site, December 2012. The Fassi crane is lifting the Load Transfer Case which holds the scientific instruments in place over the borehole.

With more than 35,000 yearly interventions, the safety car service Safar GmbH is one of the top 10 partner ADAC in Germany.

"Now we just Fassi cranes on our vehicles. The efficiency of service and the proximity to the headquarters of the German branch of Fassi in Gründau are important to us," says the owner Hendrik Eich.

The Fassi cranes for vehicles recovery, range from the small model F100AT to powerful F190ATXP.

KAMAZ 43118 with crane Fassi F155A at "NizhSpetsAvto"

The company "NizhSpetsAvto" located in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), specializes in production of commercial vehicles, has presented a new model - a vehicle KAMAZ 43118 specific for the transport of materials for construction with a Fassi crane model F155A.
This type of arrangement is designed for lifting and moving loads of different sizes.

Jerez (Spain), Sunday 20 October 2013 - Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) is the new eni FIM Superbike World Champion. The 28 year old from Huddersfield,  England, rode a smart race and crossed the line in third place, a result that allowed him to clinch his first-ever World Title, in his fifth year of racing  in the series. Sykes also brings the title back to Kawasaki after 20 long years – the last one dated back to 1993 and was won by Scott Russell.

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The Fassi F1300RA model in action. An heavy-duty crane at work in Denmark

October 2013 - Monday 14^th a kiosk located at Rosengade in the city of Odder (about 200 km to the west of Copenhagen - Denmark) was lifted by a Fassi crane, F1300RA model. These types of special jobs are not unusual for K.E.V. Transport, owner of this machine.

This installation benefits of a particular demountable system for removing the crane from the vehicle in 5-10 minutes.